Wendell Young

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Position	Goaltender
Caught	Left
Height Weight	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 181 lb (82 kg/12 st 13 lb)
Pro clubs	Vancouver Canucks Philadelphia Flyers Pittsburgh Penguins Tampa Bay Lightning
Nationality	Canada
Born	August 1, 1963 (1963-08-01) (age 44), Halifax, NS, CAN
NHL Draft	73rd overall, 1981 Vancouver Canucks
Pro career	1983 – 2001

Wendell Young (born August 1, 1963 in Halifax, Nova Scotia) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender.

[edit] Playing career

Wendell played for the Vancouver Canucks, Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins and Tampa Bay Lightning in the National Hockey League. Wendell is the only hockey player to have won a Memorial Cup (in 1982 with the Kitchener Rangers), a Calder Cup (with the 1988 Hershey Bears), a Turner Cup (with the 1998 and 2000 Chicago Wolves), and a Stanley Cup (with the 1991 and 1992 Penguins). He also has 2 Robertson Cups with the Kitchener Rangers as Ontario Hockey League Champions in 1981 and 1982.

According to a 2006 issue of The Hockey News, Young is currently an Assistant Coach and Executive Director of Team Relations with the Chicago Wolves of the American Hockey League.

It should also be noted that Wendell Young was the only goaltender for the Tampa Bay Lightning in NHLPA '93 and starter for the Lightning in NHL '94.

[edit] External links

• Wendell Young at Hockey Goalies
• Wendell Young's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database